Good afternoon! Welcome to live coverage of this Premier League clash between West Bromwich Albion versus Liverpool at the Hawthorns. The hosts have already plummeted through the trapdoor to the Championship and they’re just waiting for someone to close it behind them, so there’s little to play for other than pride for Sam Allardyce’s men. For the visitors, this is huge; Liverpool need the full three points, otherwise their hopes of being in the Champions League next season will suffer a notable and perhaps definitive blow. Would the spiky Allardyce relish landing such a haymaker on Jurgen Klopp as a parting shot to the Premier League? You’d get short odds on ‘YES!’ if you ask me, so we could be in for a lively one. Team news coming shortly, the match gets popping at 4.30pm.

Premier League / Matchday 36

The Hawthorns / 16.05.2021

West Bromwich Albion

Completed

Liverpool

H. Robson-Kanu(15')

M. Salah(33')
Alisson(90+5')

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ByPete Sharland

Updated 16/05/2021 at 17:31 GMT

61'

West Brom win a free kick in a useful position, just to the right of Liverpool's area. Pereira whips it in and Thiago glances it wide for a corner.

59'

Liverpool make a change, with Xherdan Shaqiri replacing Jones.

X. Shaqiri

Liverpool

Off

C. Jones

Liverpool

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Fouls against1

57'

Now it's Liverpool that break quickly, with Salah getting in behind the defence, but he can only shoot straight at Johnstone from 12 yards out. As it happens, he was offside.

56'

A quick break by West Brom, with two passes from their own box, exploits the vast space left by Alexander-Arnold. Pereira's cross is cleared behind by Williams for a corner.

54'

Liverpool hog the ball for a few minutes, setting up camp 30 yards from West Brom's goal. They can't find a way through, but if this is a pattern forming it's worrying for the home side.

51'

CHANCE! Liverpool get caught high up the pitch again, and Pereira gets a run through on goal. He's progressively pushed over to the left though, and his shot from the edge of the area deflects softly into the hands of Alisson. Pereira had options to his right then, and West Brom might rue that.

49'

Salah whips a cross into the back post where Mane half-volleys it into the net from six yards out, but he's offside. Moments earlier Alexander-Arnold was advanced again, crossing dangerously into the area, and he looks the most likely source for Liverpool.

47'

Matt Phillips has had a good game down the right for West Brom. Another prolonged gallop down that side eventually sees his cross deflected behind for a corner, from which nothing comes.

2ND HALF

We're off again, no changes.

Half-time chat: in the build-up to the Liverpool goal, Mike Dean awarded a free kick to Liverpool after he got in the way of Fabinho and Gallagher moving towards a loose ball. That should have been a drop ball, and I imagine Allardyce will have a bit to say if it goes on to determine a result against his side. A good 10 seconds of play followed though, in which West Brom should've cleared the ball before Salah scored.

End of 1st Half

Peep! That's half-time.

45+5'

West Brom are clearly targeting the Liverpool centre backs and goalkeeper, as another couple of crosses are whipped into the Liverpool box. From the second of them ALisson is fouled though, giving Liverpool the chance to clear.

45+3'

Pereira eventually takes the free kick, but curls it high and wide of goal.

44'

Fabinho brings down Yoksulo, 25 yards from goal and central, and it's a free kick to West Brom. There's a delay here as Bartley has had a bang above the eye which is bleeding heavily.

42'

Thiago is having fun in the middle, pulling the West Brom players out of position with some adroit passing. He finds Mane, who cuts onto his right and sees his 20-yard curler deflected over hte bar by the head of Bartley.

40'

Fabinho plays a one-two with Salah to get into the West Brom area on the right, but can only hit a tame shot straight at Johnstone.

39'

More good work from Matt Phillips on the right for West Brom. He leads the break, but his cross into the area is just too far ahead of his colleagues.

36'

Crikey, this is popping! Robson-Kanu gets through again behind Liverpool's centre backs, only for Alexander-Arnold to get across and deflect the shot behind for a corner.

35'

OFF THE POST! The ball ricochet's in Liverpool's favour from a blind back heel by Mane. It lands at the feet of Firmino, who smacks a shot off the angle of post and bar!

33'

GOAL! West Brom 1 Liverpool 1 (Salah 33)

Liverpool are level! Mane nicks the ball away from Bartley on the edge of the area. It drops perfectly into the stride of Salah, who places a left-footed shot in off the far post.

Goal

M. Salah

Liverpool

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32'

Alexander-Arnold, whose permanent shift further forward in a positional sense can't be far off, is right up the pitch here. He jinks into a shooting position on the right edge of the area, but balloons it over.

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